Wild Geese Martial Arts & Fitness

1 – Learn at least one new thing every day It can be anything, just so long as when your head hits the pillow there’s something new in...

The “Anti” muscles? Has Dave finally lost the plot? No my friends I mean the anti-gravity muscles, the anti-aging and anti-injury...

Yes, before you ask, the title of this post is a poor play on the title of Pantera’s iconic album. But it’s pretty apt after the...

February is here. You’ve survived January, you’ve gotten through the post Xmas lull and are back into full scale awesome mode. Well,...

Dave, I know you’re a busy man with a fun filled schedule – but I was wondering when you if you could find a moment could you assist with...

Don’t think bodyweight training is cool? Check this out! Awesome eh? Did you notice the meatheads in the background? Did you see them...

Well I was in the middle of writing a post on the methods I employ to speed recovery between training sets and also increase general...

A few days ago I was inspired to write  this post in response to a fellow coach informing me that a team he trained were leaving him so...

Coming from a traditional martial arts background myself, I’ve always been taught that mental focus is the primary attribute for a...

On facebook the other day, my good friend and fellow coach Mick Kelly of Wexford Kettlebell Club posted this: “There’s talk of a 5% cut...

Yet how many guys do you know who are monsters in the gym yet can’t seem to apply this strength in the outside world, be it during a...

I just came across an interesting article highlighted through the power of facebook. This isn’t an unusual occurrence, quite often I...

Too many attend gyms, lift weights, get stronger and leaner and in doing so become locked into the movement patterns they train the most....

You all know I love bodyweight training. There’s something special about moving freely powerfully and unheeded by anything external....

This kinda follows on from the past post on Overhead Pressing and Back pain (here). From the feedback I’ve been getting it seems more of...

Power. It is an essential aspect to any athletic performance. Especially if your performance involves stopping a guy from ripping your...

Since the massive expansion of the Crossfit brand, there has been a lot of discussion about some of their training practices. I’m not...

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We also get many instructors through our doors on a regular basis, come into my regular Kettlebell Classes and you’ll find a couple of...

A lot of the book as I read it and the way the author talks about running technique gets me a little nostalgic for the time I lived in...